Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35338, William Gaitskill, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
NUMBER — Gaitankull William S. 35338 "Gaitankull"
CONTENTS

35 338
Very INVALID.
1913, Feb. 3. History to C. W. Whittier. For Letter with Cl. N. 7831, Francis Hubbard.
File No. 35, 338
William Fairchild
Rev Rev 1820
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 150
[Arrangement of 1870.]

6187.
Maine
William Gaitshill, Capt Jarris, private, Massachusetts line - War. in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd of Jan'y 1819 and del d R. C. Vose, Augusta Maine —
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818. 3 mo 4/31. 4/30 — 26.09 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48.00
$74.09
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Winthrop,

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
July 6 - 1818
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that William Graskell , or Graskell served as a Soldier in Capt. the  Mayon Company, and Col. H. Jackson's Regiment, (being one of the Regi- ments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from July 5 th 1777 to Decr. 31 1780 , being three years and five months. 20. days - for army war -
Alden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

William Gaskell
or Gaitkell
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William Gatskill. Winthrop.
Pr. Col. H. Jackson 3. Mass.
Reg. 1777 to 1783.
May 28. 1818
Admitted

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that William Gaitskell , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Wiscasset , in the said County of Kennebec , in the District of Maine, on the twenty eighth day of May , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier  in the continental army , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, and for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this eighth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston J. C. J. C. C. C. Pleas 2 d E. Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
John Davis

3 I William Gaitskell, aged sixty eight years, born in England but resident within the limits of the United States for forty four years and a citizen thereof, now of Winthrop in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare, that in January 1777 I enlisted for the term of three years in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment in Capt Davis's company and Col. Henry Jackson's regiment of the Massachusetts line. This period I fully served out and immediately January 1780 I again enlisted as a private soldier in the same service and upon the same establishment for during the war, in Capt Watson's company of the Massachusetts line and same Col. Henry Jackson's regiment. Under this enlistment, I continued to serve until some time in the month of June 1783, then I was honorably discharged at West Point. I was in the battle of Monmouth where I received a musket ball in the calf of my right leg, which was afterwards cut out by the surgeon. I was also in battle under General Sullivan at Rhode Island, and at the

taking of Cornwallis. My discharge has been worn out and destroyed since I left the army.
From my reduced circumstances, I need the assistance of my country for support. And I do hereby renounce all my claim to any pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge on any pension list whatever.
William Gaitskell
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Humble p.
On the twenty eighth day of May A. D. 1810 William Gaitskell above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed. Before me,
Nathan Weston Jun C. J.
C. C. C. Pres. E. circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Elijah Davenport of Winthrop in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with William Gaitokill within named. I remember his going into the service of the U. States in the war of the rebellion, and his returning from the army - And I fully believe and have no doubt but he served as he has within stated. From his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support. Elijah Davenport
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Humbly p.
On the twenty eighth day of May A.D. 1810 Elijah Davenport above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him subscribed.
Before me, Nathan Weston C.J. CCC Pres 2 d E. Circuit.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Gaitskill a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 35,338.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1777 to end of war Pri. Jarvis. Watson Henry Jackson Henry Jackson Mass.                              
Received musket ball wound of Battles engaged in, right leg at battle of Monmouth; Rhode Island; Camden. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Not stated Date of application for pension, May 28. 1818. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., Me. Age at date of application, aged 68 yrs. Born in England. Remarks: There is no data relative to family.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.